[2]
Two new reports in the March issue of Stats Can Health Reports discuss the lower life expectacy of Status Indians, finding great disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aborginal life expectancy in Canada. Each of the reports contains data for Aboriginal women separate from men.
Potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74 among Status Indians, 1991
to 2001 [3]
Presents estimates of potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74
for Status Indians living on or off reserve, identifies the causes of
death for which disparities between Status Indians and non-Aboriginal
Canadians were greatest, and examines the effects of socio-economic
factors on those differences.
Potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74 among Métis and non-Status
Indians, 1991 to 2001 [4]
Examines potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74 by cause of
death among Métis and non-Status Indians, compared with non-Aboriginal
adults, and assesses the influence of socio-economic factors on
disparities in premature mortality.